Farewell, Google Maps

Re:Farewell, Google Maps by asadlionpk on Thursday July 19, 2018 @06:08PM (#17570771)

Don't Uber and Amazon do that already?

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Re:Farewell, Google Maps by rickycook on Thursday July 19, 2018 @07:36PM (#17571301)

i think uber at least (not that i want to defend anything they do) is different, because they don’t have low rates to smother their competition; they have low introductory rates to attract riders and drivers to the service

unsure if that’s also predatory pricing? seems different to me

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Re:Farewell, Google Maps by richardhod on Thursday July 19, 2018 @08:34PM (#17571552)

Just because they have a nice PR-friendly story to tell doesn't make the pricing any less predatory. The point of predatory pricing is to attract people to the service, to shut down competition.

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Re:Farewell, Google Maps by smileysteve on Thursday July 19, 2018 @07:50PM (#17571368)

> they don’t have low rates to smother their competition

Whether their competition is Lyft, Taxis, or public transportation, their subsidized pricing is a big factor to their customers.

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Re:Farewell, Google Maps by neospice on Thursday July 19, 2018 @06:11PM (#17570786)

And WalMart.

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Re:Farewell, Google Maps by everybodyknows on Saturday July 21, 2018 @12:05AM (#17580628)

Yes. Web search: "Amazon diapers.com".

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